Chapter 320 Hiring
Ji Rong immediately withdrew the golden light, stretched her neck to Ji Zhuang's desk, and took the wooden plaque recording the number of cultivators that Ji Zhuang had kept.
He then asked Tang Ye and Zhan Shi for the wooden book that they had estimated and recorded the number of cultivators from the various clans in the Danxue Mountains, and began to compile the statistics.
Meanwhile, Tang Ye and Zhan Shi regrouped the old cultivators and began moving the belongings of the tribes that needed to relocate.
In just four days, all the tribes that needed to be relocated from Iron Fragment Mountain and Starfall Plain were resettled.
Following Ji Rong's instructions, Zhan Shi also threw a thick layer of gold and jade stones into the mudflats below Xingluo Plain.
These things are plentiful in the Danxue Mountains, and even more so in the mudflats.
They are scattered among the mud and gravel, requiring some effort to find.
Ji Zhuang and Gu Qingqing then took Ji Rong to the Dragon Pool where the Azure Dragon Clan was located.
Ji Zhuang and Gu Qingqing escorted Qingyangzi to Tiexie Mountain.
Ji Rong, along with Qing Tiao, led Qing Guanzi and Qing Dongzi to Xingluo Plain.
Qingyangzi was quite satisfied with the relatively intact appearance of the Iron Fragment Mountain.
Although nowadays there is no way in or out of this mountain, and streams are flowing from broken underground water veins all around.
However, the iron content of this Iron Fragment Mountain is very high. It only needs to be roughly sieved and smelted to produce iron concentrate.
Qing Yangzi was overjoyed. He thought to himself, "From now on, we only need to pay 30% of the cost of the iron essence. We will no longer need to buy resale goods in Da Dan City."
Seeing the joy on Qing Yangzi's face, Gu Qingqing squinted and grinned, saying, "Senior, let's sign a contract for this mountain first. Once the mining of this mine is on track, there are many more mines waiting for you."
Upon hearing this, Qingyangzi happily raised its tail, took the red sand handed over by Ji Zhuang, and stamped its tail on the two contracts.
Meanwhile, Qing Dongzi, looking at Xingluo Plain, which was full of cracks and resembled a thousand small rivers, immediately wanted to lead the cultivators under his command back to Yuxu Mountain.
He grinned, his cheeks stiff, and said, "Junior sister, this is too shabby."
Ji Rong opened her beak and exclaimed, "Senior brother, if everything here is perfect, even if Jue Jun and I are very close, he wouldn't possibly refuse any treasures, would he?!"
Senior brother, Xingluo Plain is a treasure land in the Danxue Mountains. If it weren't for the natural disaster, how could we be in charge of this place?
"Come on, you've seen this place, let's go take a look at that mudflat, so you won't think I'm trying to trick you."
When they arrived at the mudflats, they saw a thick layer of jade scattered on the ground. The jade stones were of excellent quality and color, and their various colors were mixed among the gold and stones, making them very dazzling.
"This is truly a treasure trove for us array cultivators!" Qing Dongzi thought to himself. He immediately raised his hand to Ji Rong with a big laugh and said, "Junior sister, that's not what I meant."
What I meant to say was that the broken ground was absolutely perfect for my apprentices and their descendants to practice their skills.
Ji Rong nodded and said, "It is very suitable. Senior brother, once you have made up your mind, please don't go back on your word later."
Qing Dongzi nodded firmly and said, "Junior Sister, don't worry."
Ji Rong then said, "In that case, you shall sign a contract."
Following behind Ji Rong, Qing Tiao immediately took out two prepared leather scrolls and some red sand, presenting them to Qing Dongzi.
After carefully examining the document and confirming that the terms were correct, Qing Dongzi pressed his paw print on Chi Sha and took one of the documents to keep safe.
Once the contract was established, Qingyangzi and Qingdongzi each led their twenty disciples to get to work.
Qing Dongzi selected a mountainside location near Xingluoyuan as the site for his new sect and then set up a large formation on the spot.
Just as they were clearing the ground and filling in the foundation, Zhan Shi, who had an honest-looking face, rushed over with a group of old imperial cultivators.
He spread his arms, showing off his strong arms, and said with a simple and honest smile, "Is Senior Qingdongzi here? I heard from Lord Ji that you are going to establish a sect here. Do you need to hire some laborers to cut down trees and build houses?"
When Lady Ji was building the archway for the Shoudao Palace, I went with her attendant to help. The bamboo dragons and phoenixes on her plaque were woven by us.
Qing Dongzi emerged from underground, frowned, and looked at the group of old emperors behind Zhan Shi, saying, "Kid, your physique is good for working, but those behind you are all quite old."
Zhan Shi nodded and said, "You have a good eye. They are the leaders chosen by each tribe. Although they are old, they can make decisions."
As he spoke, Zhan Shi revealed a price list scroll that Ji Rong and Jiao Jue had privately drafted. He pointed to the price in the middle and said, "Look, this is the wage for hiring workers in the Danxue Mountains. This was personally set by Lord Jue. From now on, the wage for workers in our Danxue Mountains will be like this."
Then, he pointed to the final price and said, "But Lord Ji said that your arrival from afar with Senior Qingyangzi is a great thing for the Danxue Mountains, and asked Juejun to set the price lower during your sect construction period. So Juejun adjusted the price down."
This price is only applicable when you and Senior Qingyangzi hire workers. Even if cultivators within the Danxue Mountains establish new training centers, they will still have to pay this price.
Qing Dongzi took the scroll and saw that it not only contained flowing divine script, but also the claw marks of Jiao Jue, and even the internal price had a time limit.
Qing Dongzi was very satisfied because the internal price was 30% cheaper than the initial price.
Qing Dongzi nodded and asked, "Are you going to work too?"
Zhan Shi nodded, pointing with a simple and honest expression to the densely packed small characters on the scroll, and said with a smile: "Senior, please take a look. Whenever you need anything, I, or any of the divine servants, can come out and do the work."
Moreover, I don't want wages; you only need to hire at least fifty cultivators from the Danxue Mountains to do the work.
Upon hearing this, Qing Dongzi's eyes gleamed, and he nodded, saying, "Then I'll trouble you... How should I address you, young friend?"
"Young Zhan Shi."
"Then I'll trouble you, young friend Zhan Shi, to lead fifty cultivators to cut down trees."
Zhan Shi grinned and honestly asked, "Do you have a layout plan of the new sect?"
In this way, we will know how much timber needs to be felled, so as not to waste your wealth by cutting down too much.
Qing Dongzi took out a leather scroll and asked, "Can you understand it?"
Zhan Shi examined it carefully and nodded, saying, "I understand. This building has two underground floors and one above ground, so it should actually have three floors in total. Since this building is so close to the ground, senior, I will cut down some black iron spirit wood that is over a hundred years old for you. What do you think?"
Qing Dongzi nodded and said, "Very good."
So Zhan Shi called out to the group of old cultivators, "Chou Tu, Li Hui, the senior wants to buy a large quantity of black ironwood, come quickly."
Immediately afterwards, Zhan Shi said to Qing Dongzi, "Senior, these two are the leaders elected by the various tribes of Blackwood Ridge in the Danxue Mountains."
If you buy their timber, they will cut it down themselves according to your requirements, so you won't need to pay extra for labor.
Qing Dongzi stared with his small eyes and asked, "What if we use Spirit Wave Wood?"
Zhan Shi then took out another scroll and handed it to Qing Dongzi's hand. He said, "Senior, Spirit Wood doesn't grow very often in our Danxue Mountains, so it's more expensive."
This scroll contains the prices of rare and precious materials from our Danxue Mountains. Everything that is available in the Danxue Mountains has a price listed.
If you and Senior Qingyangzi wish to use it, you will also have access to an internal price.
Qing Dongzi then said, "If I only ordered the materials, would you still be able to do the work?"
Looking at the small, shrewd-looking Qing Dongzi in front of him, Zhan Shi immediately realized that the senior was asking him these questions repeatedly because he was interested in his strong physique and wanted him to work for free.
He thought to himself that he would just ask Lord Ji for extra wages later, and immediately agreed: "As long as the materials you order require more than fifty cultivators, I will naturally still come to work."
On Qingyangzi's end, Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang only showed him the two scrolls and briefly explained the hiring rules.
Qingyangzi generously offered to have them find a hundred cultivators to build houses and roads for them, and Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang were then left to direct the hundred cultivators.
Qing Yangzi himself, along with his twenty cultivators, selected a mining site and began to study how to build a tempering array that suited the local conditions.
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